Detection

Detection is where an enemy notices you are doing something forbidden. Many things can get you detected such as running into guards in the street, climbing on top of buildings, killing/attacking someone, and stealing. Things such as infiltrating restricted areas will get you detected if a guard so much as spots you. To know if a guard is detecting you, you will see a yellow arrow over their head. This indicates you have been spotted, but they are not about to attack just yet. This means you have time to escape and hide. If the icon is red it means you have much less time for that and you're about to be attacked. When detection happens a high pitch sound will occur as well as a brief change in the screen. One of two things will happen after that. Either every enemy in the area will come after you, or you will be desynhcronized depending on the type of mission you are on. To aid with avoiding guards after detection see the Blend page. Your notoriety will affect this a lot if your notoriety is very high then they will detect you with ease if it low then they won't attempt to engage you at all if you need help loosing it visit this page.